Elbert Shaw Regional Youth Detention Center
Dalton · GA · Department of Juvenile Justice · Public · K-12 combined
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The Dalton Academy → Phoenix High School → Christian Heritage School → Dalton High School → Southeast Whitfield County High School → North Murray High School → Northwest Whitfield County High School → Coahulla Creek High School →📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Elbert Shaw Regional Youth Detention Center compares for families
What families should know about Elbert Shaw Regional Youth Detention Center.
- ▸ LocallyGA sits right at the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math — local school quality will set your kid apart.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: The Dalton Academy, Phoenix High School, Christian Heritage School and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
Mixed-income school
Below Title I eligibility threshold (FRPL < 35%)
25-34% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. Below the federal Title I threshold but a meaningful share of the population is income-eligible for free lunch.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +8.7%/year, projecting from 2024's 9 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Nearby high schools — the local competition
The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Dalton Academy Dalton |
Public | 0.6 | 469 | +28.8% |
| Phoenix High School Dalton |
Public | 0.6 | 141 | -5.4% |
| Christian Heritage School Dalton |
Private | 1.1 | 522 | +25.2% |
| Dalton High School Dalton |
Public | 3.4 | 1,919 | +35.7% |
| Southeast Whitfield County High School Dalton |
Public | 3.9 | 1,453 | -0.3% |
| North Murray High School Chatsworth |
Public | 6.9 | 961 | -3.6% |
| Northwest Whitfield County High School Tunnel Hill |
Public | 7.2 | 1,098 | -13.3% |
| Coahulla Creek High School Dalton |
Public | 7.7 | 1,041 | +1.0% |